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Ascended_Saiyan3 on 12 March 2009
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Goddbless said:
Ascended_Saiyan3 said:

I would say X360 reaching 40 million before or by Jan. 1 is way out of range.  It would require MS is have the best selling year BY FAR of the console's lifecycle so far.  The PS3 passing 30 million before or by Jan. 1 is well within reach.  The PS3 has done basically 10.5 million every year since launch.

Umm...no....that can't be right.

On topic I think they hinder each other so the two can't happen together. Either the 360 hits 40mil or the PS3 hits 30mil.

 

It is right.  This article bases these number from the corporate filing (100% accurate for shipped units for 2008).  From that article:

"The PlayStation 3 shipped around 10.77 million and the Xbox 360 also shipped 10.8 million: a dead heat. As for life-time sales, the Xbox 360 is at 28.45 million and the PlayStation 3 at 21.35 million - a slightly tighter gap than Microsoft's announced 8 million."

What's 21.35 million divided by 2?  Isn't that around 10.5 million per calendar year?  The article was published Jan. 29, 2009.